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Meet hocken

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 2 meanings

  1. to squat; to crouch; to sit in a huddled position
  2. (regional, chiefly southern) to sit (in general)
Forms

How hocken changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichhockehockte
duhocksthocktest
er/sie/eshockthockte
wirhockenhockten
ihrhockthocktet
Siehockenhockten

Partizip II gehockt · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Der Junge hockt auf dem Boden.The boy is squatting on the floor.present main clause
  2. 2
    Wir haben lange im Garten gehockt.We sat in the garden for a long time.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Sie bleibt hier, weil sie auf dem Stuhl hockt.She stays here because she is sitting on the chair.verb at the end after weil

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